Andrei Ivantoc, one of the former political prisoners of the Tiraspol regime, considers that Moldova did not make progress during 19 years after proclaiming its independence. On the contrary, it regressed. Andrei Ivantoc, who was released in 2007 after held in prison in Transnistria for almost 15 years, is now unemployed. He was deprived of the property he owned on the left bank of the Nistru and is not allowed to go there. “I miss those places, but I will return only when the Moldovan legislation is obeyed there and there will be no more occupiers and bandits,” he stated for Info-Prim Neo. The former political detainee says he is concerned about the presence of the Russian troops in Transnistria. “We continue to be wronged by Russia. I feel safe not even in Chisinau because I’m being followed by cars with Transnistrian license numbers,” Andrei Ivantoc said. According to him, Moldova made no progress after 1990. “Since 1996, when President Luchinski came to power, and then Voronin, the country’s economy has been in the hands of foreigners, of Russians. The Integrated History course was introduced in schools. The Romanian language is not protected by the Constitution. All kinds of languages are spoken in Moldova, not yet Romanian,” Ivantoc said regretfully. He stressed he does not stop believing in the European future of Moldova, together with Transnistria. “Only will is needed for solving the Transnistrian dispute, while Russia should be more sincere with the people,” Ivantoc said. In 1990-1992, Andrei Ivantoc had been a member of the national resistance of the Tiraspol organization of the People’s Front of Moldova, which was headed by Ilie Ilascu. Alongside Ilie Ilaşcu, Tudor Popa and Alexandru Lesco, Andrei Ivantoc was convicted of terrorism and incitement to overthrowing the Tiraspol regime. In 2007, he was declared persona non-grata in Transnistria. [Tatiana Ciobanu, Info-Prim Neo]